In the gritty, blue-collar neighborhood of Gods Pocket, Mickey Scarpatos crazy stepson, Leon, is killed in a construction accident, and Mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news with the body. But when a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, things go from bad to worse. Mickey finds himself stuck in a life-and-death struggle compounded by a body he cant bury, a wife he cant please, and a debt he cant pay.